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advantage of the rash act he committed under that irritation. The 
indulgence Mr. Johnston asks is not of a nature to bring them 
again into contact upon regimental matters. He wishes still to 
retire from the service, but in such a manner as that his retirement 
may not entail utter and irretrievable ruin upon himself and his 
family. We cannot think that we make an appeal in vain to a 
soldier’s generosity. Whatever of offence was given has now 
surely been more than expiated, and the time may come when both 
the Duke of Wellington and Colonel Jackson may look back with 
satisfaction upon having saved from absolute ruin a man who 
appears to have long and faithfully served his country.” 
ON MYOITIS. 
By Arthur Cherry, M.Rj 
(Continued from page 461.) 
Man, who in his own case retreats from the barbarity of tl 
still maintains it towards the child (scholar), ever starting from the inhuman 
principle, that our nature is bad, that education is not its good economy but 
its reformation, that art and human wisdom ought to amend and chastise the 
instinct that God has implanted within us.” 
“ The animal ! Dark mystery ! An immense world of musings and dumb 
sorrows ! But in default of language, signs too visible express those sufferings. 
All nature protests against the barbarity of man, who disavows, debases, and 
tortures his inferior brother; she accuses him before Him who created them 
both.” — Michelet. 
After what I have before written it may appear supererogation 
to again advert to elements; but on a subject which so little has 
been said upon, and so little attended to, I feel that I am but doing 
that which is right to attempt to raise my art above that general 
condemnation which has been so pitilessly, so unjustly cast on it : 
we have been branded with the term of barbarians — cruel in our 
remedial means, and wanton in inflicting pain. I deny the impu- 
tation : our end, our aim is that of mitigating pain — to restore that 
which has been injured. Acting in error, judging falsely of the 
symptoms before us, and thus by our ignorance inflicting pain 
where we mean the reverse — in this way misjudging we may be ; 
but all those who feel that they have a duty to perform, and these 
